Kris Bowers embraced a new challenge with his first animated film, turning his signature storytelling through music into an Oscar-nominated masterpiece ...

Parenting isn’t easy — whether you’re a top-of-the-line robot or an Oscar-nominated composer. It’s a lesson Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz learns the hard way in “The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks ...

This year, DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” has collected a ... began to discuss the specifics of the sound of Roz, the central robot. “Both Chris and I wanted to avoid some of ...

Kris Bowers sat in the dark, watching the Oscar nominations while his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter slept. He wasn’t ...

Parenting isn’t easy — whether you’re a top-of-the-line robot or an Oscar-nominated composer. It’s a lesson Lupita Nyong’o’s Roz learns the hard way in “The Wild Robot,” DreamWorks’ three-time ...

Roz (Lupita N’yongo) and Brightbill (Kit Connor) in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Wild Robot,’ directed by ... So Bowers went deeper, drawing from his own fears as a father.

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This year, DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” has collected a trio of Oscar noms ... Thom and Sanders (“Lilo and Stitch”) began to discuss the specifics of the sound of Roz, the central robot.

Although an Oscar winner for live action short, the esteemed composer had never been nominated for one of his orchestrations — until now, with his recognized work on “The Wild Robot.” ...